Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Thessalonians 5:16-22
by: Susan Bond.
Thank you, God, for telling me to “rejoice evermore” (v. 16, KJV) and for proving to me for years that you give me joy in response to my thanksgivings even in the midst of troubling times. I am hooked on the joy of your presence. May every breath be a prayer.
In church recently we sang, “In his time God makes all things beautiful…may each song I have to sing be to you a lovely thing.” I pray you bring those words to my remembrance when I am tempted to lash out in anger or frustration. At such times, sacrifices of joy are most difficult, yet most needed.